Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 29: Postal employees in rural areas (Gramin Dak Sevaks) have begun an indefinite strike, seeking fulfilment of several demands. Under the banner of All India Gramin Dak Sevak Union (AIGDSU), employees gave a notice calling for strike from May 22 and have placed a charter of demands before the authorities. “Employees under the Gramin Dak Sevak category have been discriminated against

New Delhi, May 29: Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s jibe at BJP’s “troll army” before accompanying his mother Sonia Gandhi for a medical checkup in the US, invited a sharp rebuke from the BJP on Monday, asking him to ensure that Karnataka got a “working government” first. Rahul, late Sunday night, announced his plans to accompany Sonia for her annual medical checkup. Often targeted by the BJP

Bengaluru, May 28: The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress may have formed the government in the state, but for the elections to the Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly seat on Monday, they are arch rivals. Workers from both parties parked themselves 100 metres away from polling booths, urging voters to vote for their candidate. The RR Nagar seat has turned into a prestige issue for the Congress and

Bengaluru, May 28: JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda said on Monday he had offered to support a Congress-led government in Karnataka after the fractured verdict in the Assembly polls but the latter insisted on H D Kumaraswamy becoming the chief minister. Gowda said during his hour-long discussion with senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot, he was told that the decision to back his

Bengaluru, May 28: Karnataka BJP leaders flayed Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's remark that he was at the "mercy" of Congress and not the people of the state, saying that he was "deriding his own people" and doubted his credentials to serve them. Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda took to twitter asking Kumaraswamy if he would compromise the interests of Kannadigas just to retain power. "Sri @hd

Bengaluru, May 28: A team pf Income tax officials raided the house of a Congress leader in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on last evening. The polling began in the constituency on Mondaymorning. A team of officials entered the house of Ravi Gowda, the president of Rajarajeshwari Nagar block Congress, near BDA Complex in Nagarabhavi around 4 pm and searched it till8.30 pm. They pored over some documents and

Panaji, May 28: A fever patient, who travelled from Kerala to Goa, was quarantined at the isolation ward of the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) on Monday after he developed symptoms of those affected by deadly virus Nipah. Speaking to reporters, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said it was not clear whether the person was suffering from the Nipah disease or not and it would be clear

New Delhi, May 28: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who held a meeting with Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad in New Delhi on Monday, later told media persons the differences over sharing of portfolios among the Congress and the JD (S) have been resolved. Kumaraswamy, who landed here on his first official visit after becoming the chief minister, met Azad at an undisclosed venue and discussed the

Bengaluru, May 28: The opposition BJP's appeal to farmers and the public to "voluntarily observe a bandh" across Karnataka on Monday to protest the alleged failure of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to keep up his farm loan waiver promise, got off to a dull start. Reports from across the state said normal life has not been affected, with schools and colleges, as also public transport services

Bengaluru, May 28: The Non-Karnataka candidates have bagged 58 of the top 100 ranks at the undergraduate engineering courses examinations conducted by the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) 2018, the results of which were announced last evening. The list of top 10 rank holders was an all-male affair, and of them, three ranks went to Bengaluru-based students